Thomas Brown
Nov 9, 2020

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Really good perspective, Maria! I think you're right in saying that just because one party is seen as "less racist," it cannot then be taken for granted that they will be the preferred option for ethnic minorities. Particularly when - as you state - these minorities come from a range of ethnic and class backgrounds.

To add to this, I wonder how the increasing number of mixed race families will shift voting habits as well. Familial loyalty is one of the largest indicators of voting Republican, but when one parent - suppose the Father - is a white Republican and the mother is Latina, that experience of being an ethnic minority in the US could provide a barrier to their otherwise assumed political inheritance. That isn't to say that ethnic minorities didn't support Trump/R, of course. But it does make things harder to predict when families that for generations have always voted for one party, now have a new factor and life experience added to their lineage.

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Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown

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